Chapter 403 Master Miao's heart is bitter! 【Nine thousand
Chu Yi's memorial made it very clear. He directly reported to the emperor that he had returned to the army and disembarked in Tianjin. At this time, he was already heading towards Taiyuan Town, preparing to recapture Taiyuan Town and move Balsbo who went south into the Central Plains.
Lot's Tatar army completely blocked the way back.
Everyone finally understood why Zhu Houzhao was so happy. It was entirely because Chu Yi returned to the army.
However, after everyone learned that Chu Yi had returned to the army and planned to devour the Tatar army in one fell swoop, everyone present breathed an inexplicable sigh of relief and seemed to feel relieved all of a sudden.
Chu Yi's actions can be said to be impeccable. Everyone has never seen Chu Yi make any mistakes in his work. Over time, as long as Chu Yi wants to do something, no one will doubt whether Chu Yi can do it.
Just like now, Chu Yi was ready to devour Balsbrot's entire Tatar army, and everyone inexplicably thought that since Chu Yi said it, he would definitely be able to do it.
As for how to devour the tens of thousands of elite Tatar troops outside the city, everyone subconsciously ignored it. Anyway, if Chu Yi dared to do that, there must be a way.
Chu Yi himself probably didn't even know that Jiao Fang, Han Kun and others, and even the emperor, had a lot of confidence in him, thinking that as long as he wanted to do anything, there was nothing he couldn't do.
Jiao Fang stroked her beard and said with a smile on her face: "The general manager is personally taking action. The Tatars may not be able to fly this time!"
Han Kun, Cheng Xiangwu and the others laughed loudly, and said to Zhu Houzhao with excitement: "Your Majesty, the chief manager asked us to delay the Tatars for as long as possible to buy time for them to retake Taiyuan Town. I sincerely request you.
Your Majesty allows us to leave the city and fight the Tatars!"
As soon as the words fell, Jiao Fang, Chen Ding and others could be heard saying in unison: "No!"
Jiao Fang, Chen Ding and others reacted immediately and raised objections almost instinctively.
The city is well defended. With the city wall as a support, it is impossible for the Tatars to attack the city. All fools know that fighting the Tatars in the wild is to use one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points. Even if one is not careful, there will be no danger.
The entire army may be wiped out.
After all, they had to admit that when it came to field battles, the Tatars who were born on horseback were not comparable to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in both mounted archery and field battles.
Of course, if the elite armies of Taizu and Chengzu who expelled the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty were still there, they would not be afraid of the Tatars even in field battles. The key point is what the Ming army looks like now. Others don't know. As an important minister above the court,
But they know it very well.
Jiao Fang said to Zhu Houzhao with a look of emotion on his face: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. The Tatars have tens of thousands of cavalry. We, the Ming soldiers, leave the city. There is no chance of winning. Even if we want to buy time for the general manager, we can't."
Are you kidding me about the lives of my Ming soldiers?"
As Jiao Fang spoke to Han Kun, Cheng Xiangwu said: "The generals are all knowledgeable soldiers. Don't they know that going out of the city to fight in the Tatar field is using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points? Even if I
Even if you don’t read military books and know this, don’t these generals even know this common sense?”
Han Kun and Cheng Xiangwu looked a little embarrassed on their faces. How could they not know this? They were being stared at by Jiao Fang.
Cheng Xiangwu coughed slightly and said to Jiao Fang, "I don't know what the Chief Assistant is talking about."
Jiao Fang snorted coldly and said: "Since you know this, why are you bewitching Your Majesty and persuading Your Majesty to allow the army to leave the city? Do you want to surrender the city of Beijing to the Tatars?"
Seeing that Jiao Fang was on the line, Han Kun saluted Jiao Fang and said: "Master Chief Assistant, aren't we just waiting to help the general manager hold off the Tatars? Besides, we are not asking for a large army, we are just sending a group of soldiers."
Just send a cavalry team of about ten thousand people out of the city."
As he spoke, Han Kun added: "I think if a cavalry team of about 10,000 people leaves the city, it will not affect the defense of the city!"
Zhu Houzhao had a bit of hesitation on his face. He looked at Jiao Fang and others who looked disapproving, and then looked at Han Kun, Cheng Xiangwu and others who were well-founded.
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao looked at Cheng Xiangwu, and Han Kun and others said: "Generals, if the cavalry is allowed to leave the city, can you be sure that the army will not be destroyed by the Tatars?"
Zhu Houzhao obviously did not want the few cavalry on hand to be wiped out by the Tatars, but when it came to the power of the cavalry, even Zhu Houzhao never thought that the Ming cavalry could kill the Tatars.
Not only are the Tatars naturally qualified cavalry, but there are also too many Tatars outside the city. The number of cavalry they can handle is only more than 10,000, which is just the number of Tatars.
Compared to the tens of thousands of troops, not to mention other things, the number of people alone is far behind.
Cheng Xiangwu and Han Kun looked at each other, and then Cheng Xiangwu stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I will personally lead the cavalry out of the city, but after leaving the city, I will not fight head-on with the Tatar army, but will only look for opportunities to harass the opponent.
Drag the Tatars out of the city as much as possible."
Zhang Mao, who had been sitting there, slowly stood up and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I think that the general manager's plan is very good. We should help the general manager. This cavalry must be sent."
Hearing what Zhang Mao said, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and Jiao Fang, Chen Ding and others sighed slightly.
In fact, when Cheng Xiangwu and Han Kun said that they would only send cavalry out of the city, their original opposition had become much weaker.
As Han Kun said, even if the cavalry is sent out of the city, it will not affect the defense of Beijing. The worst result is the loss of more than 10,000 cavalry.
Considering the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, if more than ten thousand cavalry were really lost, it would indeed be very heartbreaking, but it would not endanger the country. Moreover, this is directly related to whether Chu Yi's plan can go smoothly.
To be honest, Jiao Fang and others strongly agreed with Chu Yi's plan to devour Balsbrot's Tatar army in one go.
As long as the Tatar army of Balsbrot can be swallowed up and the 100,000 Tatar army is destroyed, it will definitely be a strain for the Tatars, and they may not be able to recover for decades.
One has more than 10,000 cavalry, and the other has tens of thousands of Tatar troops. Risks must be borne. After all, if you want to gain greater gains, you must take risks.
Jiao Fang and other pavilion elders looked at each other, only to hear Jiao Fang say to the emperor, "Your Majesty, if you want to send only cavalry, I have no objection! But General Cheng must guarantee that it will never be the same unless it is a last resort."
The Tatars fight hard!”
When Zhu Houzhao saw Jiao Fang and others nodding, he couldn't help laughing. He looked at Cheng Xiangwudao: "General Cheng, in this case, I will allow you to lead 10,000 cavalry out of the city to look for opportunities to contain the Tatar army. You must give
I will buy enough time for you, I will leave Balsboro's Tatar army here in the Central Plains this time."
Cheng Xiangwu took a step forward, bowed down with a look of joy on his face and said, "General, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's expectations."
But Chu Yi, with an army of 50,000, spared Beijing and headed straight for Shanxi.
It has to be said that the Tatars are too confident. Although some sentinels are scattered around the city of Beijing, these sentinels only surround the city within a radius of 10 or 20 miles. As for those farther away, they are not paying attention at all.
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Although Chu Yi and his group had a large number of people, tens of thousands of them, and the movement was not small at all, from Beijing to Tianjin, the distance between the two places was not close, but the Tatars were not aware of it at all.
If the Tatars capture Tianjin City first, even if they cannot prevent Chu Yi's army from landing, they will at least be able to get the news in advance.
But at the moment, the Tatars have no idea that on the Ming side, an elite army of tens of thousands is heading towards Taiyuan Town.
If the Tatars knew this, they would definitely not dare to take it lightly. No matter how arrogant and confident they were, they would never be able to sit back and watch their retreat being blocked by tens of thousands of troops.
The journey from Tianjin to Taiyuan is not long at all. It is almost a thousand miles away. Fortunately, Chu Yi made arrangements and preparations early. Even so, it would take at least more than twenty days to reach Taiyuan from Tianjin.
If not, Chu Yi would not have asked the emperor to cooperate with him to hold back the Tatars as much as possible.
If the Tatars do not succeed in attacking Beijing, once they choose to retreat, relying on the speed of the cavalry, they will be able to reach Taiyuan Town in at most ten days.
Chu Yi's men were a group of infantry soldiers, and their marching speed was simply inferior to that of the Tatar cavalry.
This is a gap of at least ten days. Therefore, if the Tatars do not delay for ten or twenty days under the walls of Beijing, I am afraid that by the time Chu Yi leads the army to Taiyuan, the Tatars will have already left Taiyuan and returned to the grassland.
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The army was marching, and the smoke and dust were billowing. When viewed from the air, it looked like a long dragon lying on the ground.
A carriage was slowly moving forward among the army, and in the carriage was Chu Yi.
A group of fast horses rushed over, and Lin Pingzhi took a letter and said to Chu Yi: "General manager, a letter from the capital!"
Chu Yi took the letter and opened it, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. Needless to say, this letter was written by Zhu Houzhao himself. He detailed the current situation in the capital one by one, and finally hoped that Chu Yi could close the door and beat the dogs, and defeat the Tartars.
When the Tatar army arrives, Zhu Houzhao will personally go out of the city to welcome him back to the capital.
Just looking at the letter, Chu Yi could even imagine how excited Zhu Houzhao was when he wrote this letter.
Putting down the letter, Chu Yi said to Lin Pingzhi who was accompanying him outside the carriage: "Pingzhi, how long is the distance to Taiyuan City?"
Lin Pingzhi said to Chu Yi: "Report to the Chief Manager, there is still about ten days to go!"
Chu Yi pondered for a while and said: "Send an order to generals Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu, and ask them to supervise the march of the army and be sure to arrive at Taiyuan City within ten days."
Taiyuan Town
As a military town, it is also an extremely important city in Shanxi. Taiyuan Town is adjacent to Datong Town, and both are one of the nine important towns.
Taiyuan Town fell to the Tatars. As the Miao family in the city played a major role in welcoming the Tatars into the city, they were naturally valued by the Tatars.
Balsborot led his army straight to Beijing, but handed over the affairs of Taiyuan Town to Miao Yuan, a great hero.
As for the 5,000 Tatar army stationed in Taiyuan Town, it was commanded by Hulimu, the captain of ten thousand men. Hulimu was a reckless man. It was possible to expect him to conquer the city, but it was extremely difficult to expect him to govern a city.
The Miao family was the biggest contributor to the Tatars' entry into the city, and together with several families from Taiyuan Town who had also taken refuge with the Tatars, they were barely able to maintain the operation of Taiyuan Town.
Because he was in a hurry to go to Beijing, Balsborot did not search Taiyuan Town, but this did not mean that the Tatars let the people of Taiyuan Town go.
After Balsbrot left, Hu Limu, who led the army to garrison Taiyuan Town, followed Balsbrot's order to plunder grain and grass in Taiyuan Town, and even snatched grain and grass from the people, keeping some for his own use, and some
It was shipped to the capital to supplement the needs of Balsborough's army.
After all, tens of thousands of troops, people eating horses' chews, consume an astonishing amount of food every day. Balsborough and the others only carry a few days' rations with them. They rely on plundering from various cities.
Just plundering, we didn't run out of food and grass.
Taiyuan City, in the original Yamen of the prefect, had transformed from a businessman to a figure in charge of the city. Miao Yuan was frowning in the Yamen and sitting opposite several family heads who, like him, had generally taken refuge with the Tatars.
The head of the Lu family looked at Miao Yuan with a wry smile and said: "Brother Miao, General Hu Limu asked us to hand over 10,000 shi of grain and fodder tomorrow. How long has it been since he forced us to hand over nearly 100,000 shi of grain and fodder? If this continues,
, I’m afraid our little family fortune will be emptied out!”
The Lu family and several other families are not considered to be top families in Taiyuan City. Their net worth is only tens of thousands of taels of silver. Their family can have tens of thousands of shi of food. This is a family fortune saved by generations of people.
I thought that by speculating, I could lead the Tatars to attack the city. If the Tatars eat meat, they can also have soup to drink.
The result was not good. Balsbort first killed tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers. Even if they think about it now, they can't help but have nightmares.
At any rate, Balsborot left Taiyuan City to them to take care of, but Hulimu almost forced them to offer food and grass to them.
It was fine for Hulimu to plunder grain and grass from the people in the city. It was not their grain anyway, but Hulimu forced them to donate grain.
They wanted to imitate Hulimu and snatch food from the people, but after Hulimu snatched it, people in the city almost starved to death. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't find much food.
However, in the face of Hulimu's request, they had to offer grain on time. In this way, they could only use the grain they had stored in their homes to donate to the Tatars.
Once, twice, several times, even if you have a fortune of tens of millions, you won’t be able to bear it!
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